Gary Jones Movies

Cashing in on the real-life influx of pesky "snake-head" fish in Midwestern lakes, this inexpensive sci-fi epic is set in a small Maryland fishing community called Cultus Lake. A dangerous strain of mutated snakeheads has decimated the lake's fish population, whereupon Doc Jenkins (played by X-Files' William B. Davis, aka "Cigarette-Smoking Man"), the shady owner of a nearby chemical plant, fills the water with pollutants to kill off the invaders. At the same time, the local leaders, desperate to pull Cultus Lake out of a severe financial slump, has dumped human growth hormones in the lake to improve the stock. You guessed it: Both the chemicals and hormones succeed only in making the snakeheads even larger and more ferocious--and worse still, they are now leaving the lake and crawling around on dry land, in search of human blood! Caught in the middle of the crisis is Sheriff Patrick James (Bruce Boxleitner) and the standard-issue beautiful female biologist Lori Dale (Carol Alt). An amalgam of every cheesy CGI effect ever seen on the many Jaws ripoffs that have proliferated as made-for-cable and direct-to-video thrillers, Snakehead Terror received its biggest audience when it was telecast by the Sci-Fi network on March 13, 2004. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) smells a rat when General Hammond (Don S. Davis) steps down as head of SGC and is replaced by the hawkish General Bauer (Lawrence Dane). Almost immediately, Bauer begins demonstrating that he's dealing from the bottom of the deck by breaking up the SG-1 team and starting work on a bomb designed to destroy "unfriendly" planets. In his efforts to thwart Bauer and restore Hammond to power, O'Neill finds an ally in the form of an old nemesis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The SG-1 team investigates a mysterious Abydonian sandstorm, which seems to be whispering the name of team member Jackson (Michael Shanks). Amazingly, the storm metamorphoses into a young boy named Shifu (Lane Gates)--and thus is the team reunited with the Harcesis child of the Goa'uld Apophis and Jackson's Jaffa wife Sha're. Subsequently, Jackson (Michael Shanks) is endowed with the Goa'uld genetic memory--and the changes in his personality are disturbing indeed. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

An alien lifeforce probe has succeeded in infecting the SGC computer. The technicians manage to delete this "virus", but the probe promptly regenerates itself, using its combined data. The danger is heightened when the aliens infiltrate Carter (Amanda Tapping), making her a repository for its vast collection of knowledge. In order to save the SGC base, O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) may be forced to kill Carter. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

On an archeological expedition to the planet P3X 888, Jackson (Michael Shanks) discovers an ancient, primordial Goa'uld symbiote. But before he can return to the complex with this artifact, Jackson is captured by a Unas (Dion Johnstone), a huge, primitive creature. The SG-1 team would like to rescue Jackson, but their efforts are stymied by an unexpected threat. (The name of Jackson's Unas captor will undoubtedly bring a smile to the lips of anyone familiar with the 1970s Saturday-morning adventure series Land of the Lost). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Responding to a message that has apparently been issued by his mentor Bra'tac, Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is unexpectedly reunited with his lost love Shan'auc (Musetta Vander). She claims to have found a way to communicate with her Gou'ald symbiote, and hopes to use her enhanced knowledge to destroy the Goa'uld once and for all. Skeptical at first, Teal'c is eventually convinced of Shan'auc's sincerity--but both he and Sha'auc may be victims of a deadly deception. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Season Four of Stargate SG-1 begins where the cliffhanger finale of Season Three left off, with a deadly and apparently unstoppable swarm of replicator bugs threatening to invade the earth. At the last minute, the invasion is thwarted and most of the bugs destroyed. Alas, one of the tiny scourges has managed to infiltrate the Russian submarine Blackbird and is rapidly spawning replicants. Since the Pentagon cannot destroy the sub without seriously damaging US-Soviet relations, the SG-1 team launches not one but two desperate schemes to save the day. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The SG-1 lands on Edora, a planet travelling in an asteroid belt. Upon discovering that the planet is in imminent danger from "The Rain", a cataclysmic meteor shower that occurs every 150 years, the SG-1 hurries to evacuate the Edorans. Alas, in his effort to rescue the planet's leader Laira (Michele Greene), O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is left stranded on Edora, with no hope of rescue--and the helpless SG-1 crew must struggle with the acceptance of the Inevitable. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

SG-1 arrives at the primitive planet Tolla, where a volcanic eruption is destroying everything. The team manages to rescue a few surprisingly advanced humans, led by Omoc (Tobin Bell)--who are far from grateful. The Tollan Narim (Garwin Sanford) explains why the refugees are suspicious of SG-1's motives: Years earlier, Omoc's father had shared the Tollan technology with earth--resulting in a devastating war which stripped the planet of its civilization and left the surviving Tollans in a state of enslavement. As O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) tries to convince Omoc that the people of Earth have mended their ways, he is undermined by certain hawkish Pentagon officials, determined to wreak more havoc upon the hapless Tollans. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

On the devastated planet P35233, Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) comes upon a mirror-like alien artifact. Almost immediately, he is whisked into an alternate reality, in which he is no longer part of the Stargate program--and the earth is under attack from the Goa'ulds. Even worse, the Jaffa Teal'c (Christopher Judge) is still loyal to the Goa'ulds and is leading the attack. In his efforts to escape destruction, Jackson must also find a way to return to his own world and warn SG-1 of the horrors still to come. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This opening episode of Stargate SG-1's second season resolves the "cliffhanger" established at the end of Season One. As the earth gears up for an attack from the parasitic Goa'ulds, the SG-1 team, led by Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson), is still trapped on the Goa'uld war vessel commandeered by Klorel (Alexis Cruz), son of the megalomanic enemy leader Apophis (Peter Williams). The fact that Klorel inhabits the body of Skaara, onetime close friend of O'Neill, makes his villainy all the more intolerable. Realizing that there is no hope for escape, the SG-1 crew prepares to blow up the Goa'uld ship with themselves aboard, rather than allow it to descend upon earth. At a crucial moment, a brief ray of hope is provided by the presence of Bra'tac (Tony Amendola), the mentor of SG-1's Jaffa member Teal'c (Christopher Judge). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Arriving on a dead planet, the SG-1 team finds an ancient artifact, which emits strange elecromagnetic signals. The team brings the artifact back to earth through Stargate, only to discover that they are transporting a self-destructive alien virus, one that grows more powerful and dangerous with each attempt on its life. In desperation, Carter (Amanda Tapping) suggests that O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) allow his body to be used as the alien's host so that the team can attempt to establish communications--but they'd better hurry before the entire earth is reduced to rubble. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Pressured by the government to seek out new technologies, O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and the SG-1 team head to a planet inhabited by the Fenri, who have mastered the power of invisibility. Also seeking out the Fenri is SG-1's perennial nemesis Apophis (Peter Williams)--who manages to kill every member of O'Neill's team! Miraculously, the SG-1 crew is revived by the Nox, the peaceful, fairylike former inhabitants of the Fenri's planet, who have the ability to bring the dead back to life. O'Neill offers to defend the Nox against Apophis' Goa'uld hordes--but can he rely upon the help of another revived corpse, the Jaffa Shak'l (Michasa Armstrong), who had been killed in a previous skirmish with the Nox? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide